{"id":12884,"date":"2025-10-24T11:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnfa.ca\/?post_type=fnfa_faq&#038;p=12884"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:04:58","slug":"must-the-government-loan-guarantee-cover-the-entire-loan-amount-or-is-a-partial-guarantee-also-possible","status":"publish","type":"fnfa_faq","link":"https:\/\/fnfa.ca\/en\/fnfa-faq\/must-the-government-loan-guarantee-cover-the-entire-loan-amount-or-is-a-partial-guarantee-also-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Must the government loan guarantee cover the entire loan amount, or is a partial guarantee also possible?"},"template":"","class_list":["post-12884","fnfa_faq","type-fnfa_faq","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"answer":"<ul>\n<li>A partial governmental loan guarantee is sufficient for an SPV to be eligible for a loan from FNFA (i.e. a full loan guarantee is not required)<\/li>\n<li>FNFA will take into consideration the amount of the guarantee in determining whether to make a loan to an SPV.<\/li>\n<li>For context, a summary of the guarantee caps for Indigenous loan guarantee programs is found below:<br \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Indigenous Loan Guaranteed Programs<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Investment Amount (Billions)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Criteria<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NAT: <a href=\"https:\/\/cilgc-cgpac.ca\/en\/program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ILGP<\/a><\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>The federal indigenous loan guarantee program (together with other federal sources) only guarantees up to 75% of the equity investment by an SPV, <strong>but does permit<\/strong> \u201cstacking\u201d with other provincial Aboriginal loan guarantee programs, so that the aggregate guarantee is 100% of the equity investment by an SPV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AB: <a href=\"https:\/\/theaioc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIOC<\/a><\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>The AIOC will support ICs&#8217; investment in natural resource projects and related infrastructure in the energy (both renewable and non-renewable sectors), mining and\/or forestry industries.<br \/>\nProject proposals require a minimum aggregate IC investment of $20 million.<br \/>\nProjects located in Alberta and in other provinces are eligible for AIOC support.<br \/>\nIndigenous groups outside of Alberta are eligible for AIOC support by partnering with one or more Alberta ICs that have at least 25% of the total combined Indigenous ownership of a project.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BC: BCLGP<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>Program parameters not yet published<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SK: <a href=\"https:\/\/siifc.ca\/program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SIIF<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5 million<\/td>\n<td>Who can apply?<br \/>\nA Saskatchewan First Nation or Tribal Council<br \/>\nAn economic development corporation that is owned by M\u00e9tis Nation \u2013 Saskatchewan, M\u00e9tis Nation \u2013 Saskatchewan Region, or M\u00e9tis Nation \u2013 Saskatchewan Local<br \/>\nAn economic development corporation owned by a self-declared Northern M\u00e9tis municipality in Saskatchewan that has a board of directors, the majority of whom are registered members of M\u00e9tis Nation \u2013 Saskatchewan<br \/>\nAny other entity that demonstrates they fall within the mandate of the SIIFC<br \/>\nA corporation wholly owned by an entity mentioned above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MB<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td>Program parameters not yet published<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ONT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofina.on.ca\/algp\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALGP<\/a><\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>The $3 billion Aboriginal Loan Guarantee Program, now called Indigenous Opportunities Financing Program delivered under the Building Ontario Fund supports Indigenous participation in electricity infrastructure projects, including renewable energy infrastructure in Ontario (e.g., wind, solar and hydroelectric generation projects) and transmission projects.<br \/>\nThe program provides a Provincial guarantee for a loan to an Indigenous entity to finance a portion of its equity investment (typically about 75 per cent) in an eligible project. The program is available to entities that are wholly owned by Indigenous communities. The Ontario Financing Authority (OFA) administers the program on behalf of the province.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Must the government loan guarantee cover the entire loan amount, or is a partial guarantee also possible? - FNFA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fnfa.ca\/en\/fnfa-faq\/must-the-government-loan-guarantee-cover-the-entire-loan-amount-or-is-a-partial-guarantee-also-possible\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Must the government loan guarantee cover the entire loan amount, or is a partial guarantee also possible? - FNFA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fnfa.ca\/en\/fnfa-faq\/must-the-government-loan-guarantee-cover-the-entire-loan-amount-or-is-a-partial-guarantee-also-possible\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FNFA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theFNFA\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fnfa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fnfa-logo.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fnfa.ca\\\/en\\\/fnfa-faq\\\/must-the-government-loan-guarantee-cover-the-entire-loan-amount-or-is-a-partial-guarantee-also-possible\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fnfa.ca\\\/en\\\/fnfa-faq\\\/must-the-government-loan-guarantee-cover-the-entire-loan-amount-or-is-a-partial-guarantee-also-possible\\\/\",\"name\":\"Must the government loan guarantee cover the entire loan amount, or is a partial guarantee also possible? 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